"NYD Traditions"
This college football game, famously held on New Year's Day, is known as "The Granddaddy of Them All".
What is "The Rose Bowl Game"?
Many resolve to quit these two habits: one the can affect the lungs, the other the liver.
What is "smoking/drinking ( alcohol )"?
Champagne's effervescence symbolizes joy, new beginnings, and prosperity for the New Year, with is historically linked to this country's royalty, luxury, and celebration.
What is "France"?
Baby New Year is often depicted as wearing a top hat, sash and this to symbolize rebirth.
What is "diaper"?
Some say you should avoid doing this at midnight, or you’ll “sweep away” good luck.
Who is "cleaning"?
In Scotland, the New Year tradition of "First-Footing" involves a tall, dark-haired man bringing gifts representing good fortune, warmth, and prosperity, such as coal, shortbread, and this alcohol.
What is "whiskey"?
This resolution involved learning this, which once mastered, requires no need for translating.
What is "foreign language?"
Watching the illuminated ball drop in New York City, New York is a tradition that happens in Times Square, which is a named after this.
What is "New York Times"?
The god Janus, related to the type of mythology, is often associated with beginnings and inspired the Baby New Year symbol.
What is "Roman"?
A superstition warns against eating this flying animal on New Year's Eve, as it’s thought to make luck “fly away.”
What is "poultry ( chicken or turkey )"?
The annual New Year’s Day "The Polar Bear Plunge" involves people plunging into icy waters, which occurs in many places, including this neighborhood in Brooklyn, NYC, NY.
What is "Coney Island"?
Many resolve to acquire a new position that creates this type of change in one professional occupation.
What is "career"?
Signifying good luck and strengthening the bond between family members, couples and friends, many do this at midnight on New Year's Eve.
What is "kiss"?
The Baby New Year motif became popular in the U.S. due to influential illustrations in early 1900s magazines, especially this iconic magazine in 1906 noted as the home of legendary illustrator Norman Rockwell.
What is "The Saturday Evening Post"?
An old belief says opening this in ones home at midnight lets the old year escape.
What is “door or window?”
In Italy, wearing this red colored garment on New Year's Day is believed to bring love, luck, and fertility.
What is “underwear"?
Many people resolve to do this daily to improve their health.
What is "exercise ( fitness )"?
This popular ceremonial practice involves people writing down regrets, negative memories, or things they wish to let go of on paper and then doing this to symbolize a fresh start for the New Year.
What is "burning the paper ( burning ceremony )"?
Some legends say that Baby New Year ages into this by December.
Who was "Father Time"?
"Las Doce Uvas de la Suerte" is a Spanish superstition for bringing prosperity in the New Year by eating this many grapes, which match the number of bell chimes.
What is "12"?
This colorful classical piece by Johann Strauss II is traditionally played at Vienna’s New Year’s Concert.
What is “The Blue Danube”?
This resolution involves spending more time with family members and friends doing this.
What is "socializing"?
Scottish poet Robert Burns wrote this song, which millions usually sing worldwide at 12 midnight on New Years Day.
What is “Auld Lang Syne"?
Baby New Year is often shown holding this to mark the passage of time.
What is "clock or hourglass"?
Because emotions that start the year with will carry throughout the year, doing this on New Year's Day is considered bad luck and is strongly discouraged, as it brings a year of sorrow or unhappiness.
What is "crying"?